Brief Life History of Ophelia
When Ophelia Shields was born on 26 February 1872, in Simpsonville, Upshur, Texas, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Shields, was 36 and her mother, Nancy Ascenath Johnson, was 25. She had at least 3 sons and 6 daughters with Gabriel Emily Lemmond. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Upshur, Texas, United States in 1900 and Pittsburg, Camp, Texas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 19 September 1967, in Mount Pleasant, Titus, Texas, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Perryville Cemetery, Perryville, Wood, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Ophelia Lemmond in household of G E Lemmond, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ophelia Lemmond, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Ophelia Sheals in entry for Embley Beth Lemmonds, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
Spouse and Children
1873–1944 Male
1872–1967 Female
Children (9)
1895–1991 Female
1896–1964 Female
1898–1984 Female
1900–1903 Female
1902–1986 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1835–1887 Male
1846–1928 Female
Siblings (12)
1866–1965 Male
1867– Female
1867–1931 Male
1871–1965 Female
1872–1967 Female
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1874
Age 2
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 3
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 26
Name Meaning
English: variant of Shield 1 (and perhaps occasionally 2, 3, and 4) with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s. In the plural form, the surname may also be topographic, for someone who lived in or near some huts, or habitational, from a place so named, such as North Shields (Northumberland) and South Shields (Durham), though these are unlikely to be the main sources of the surname.
Irish: shortened form of O'Shields , an alternative Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Siadhail; see Shiel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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